APUSH- period 4

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  • Second Great Awakening Began

    Second Great Awakening Began

    Protestant revival spurring many social reforms and a rise in Baptist and Methodist congregation and Evangelist activity.
  • Eli Whitney patented the Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney patented the Cotton Gin

    Doubled the yield of raw cotton and increased demand for land and slaves.
  • Thomas Jefferson was elected president

    Thomas Jefferson was elected president

    Election develops the Democratic-Republican party
  • Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt

    Gabriel proposes first slave rebellion in Richmond; proves unsuccessful.
  • Maybury v. Madison

    Maybury v. Madison

    Case deciding the supreme courts right to review and nullify acts of congress if unconstitutional.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Land bought from Napoleon and the French that substantially expanded U.S. territory and gave them control over the Mississippi.
  • Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Louis and Clark explore western territories, demonstrating viability of the trail, while making scientific discoveries, maps, and retaining information about the life of Native Americans..
  • Embargo Act

    Embargo Act

    An act passed to end all export of goods from America, which later failed and was nullified, as nations found other ways to obtain the goods.
  • Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

    British ship fires upon American vessel after American captain refuses to give sailors to the British; stirring outrage in America.
  • James Madison Elected President

    James Madison Elected President

    Known as the Father of the Constitution and wrote federalist papers as a tactic to get the Constitution ratified.
  • Non-Intercourse Agreement

    Non-Intercourse Agreement

    Prohibited America from exporting goods to Britain and France.
  • Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England

    Brought over factory plans from England and expanded the textile manufacturing industry.
  • Beginning of Manifest Destiny

    Beginning of Manifest Destiny

    Territorial expansion of the United States post war of 1812 and spurring the invigorated ideal of westward expansion and pioneer life.
  • Death of Tecumseh

    Death of Tecumseh

    Native American who brought concept of no land succession if all native tribes agreed to it, died in Battle of Tippecanoe and all ideals of Indian confederacy died with him.
  • Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Treaty of Ghent Ratified

    Treaty to end the War of 1812.
  • The British Burn Washington DC

    The British Burn Washington DC

    British burn down Washington DC during the war of 1812.
  • Hartford Convention

    Hartford Convention

    Federalist group demanding assistance from Washington over lost trade and proposed 2/3rd of congress agreeing to get an embargo or get into war.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    A decisive battle during the War of 1812 preventing the British from taking America's frontier.
  • End of the War of 1812

    End of the War of 1812

    Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812 without a definite winner or addressing issues of the war, however boosts nationalism and patriotism in the U.S.
  • Era of Good Feelings

    Era of Good Feelings

    During President Monroe’s term in office when there was a halt in personal and political clashes.
  • James Monroe Elected President

    James Monroe Elected President

    Reelected during era of good feelings, he helped with the Missouri compromise and panic of 1819
  • Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Rush-Bagot Treaty

    Laid the boundary between the U.S. and Canada. Improved relations between Britain and the U.S. by limiting naval vessels.
  • Anglo-American convention

    Anglo-American convention

    Allowed Americans to share fisheries with Canada and gave rights to joint settlements in Oregon.
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Adams-Onis Treaty

    Spain sells Florida in exchange for Texas territory.
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland

    Maryland's attempt to destroy branch of Bank of US by taxing notes-Bank was declared constitutional by Implied powers and Maryland denied the right to impose tax on the bank.
  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819

    Financial crisis followed by economic crash
  • Dartmouth College V. Woodward

    Dartmouth College V. Woodward

    The state of New Hampshire attempted to cancel the charter of private college of Dartmouth and make it a public school. Under the constitution states are not allowed to impair contracts.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    Missouri declared a slave state giving the south an unrestricted slave state while the North can forbid slavery in rest of the territories.
  • Denmark Vessey Slave Revolt

    Denmark Vessey Slave Revolt

    A slave revolt led by Denmark Vessey that never took place that led to stricter black codes being enforced
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    A document by Monroe prohibiting European nations colonizing western nations and within the U.S. itself.
  • Gibbons v Ogden

    Gibbons v Ogden

    New York had a law that gave individuals a right to use steamboats within state jurisdiction and to fine out-of-state vessels. The Supreme Court ruled that New York’s law was invalid through the Supremacy Clause which gives the national government the power to make and exercise laws concerning states and commerce.
  • John Quincy Adams Elected President (the Corrupt Bargain)

    John Quincy Adams Elected President (the Corrupt Bargain)

    Adams won the presidency in the House over Andrew Jackson. There was talk of corruption due to house speaker Henry Clay having a major part in it and receiving a promotion.
  • Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community

    Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community

    welsh industrialist and social reformer purchased land with the intent of forming Utopian community center. Community made advances in education and scientific research.
  • Erie Canal Completed

    Erie Canal Completed

    Connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean through the Hudson River.
  • Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education

    An educational reformer who pushed for higher paid teachers, extended curriculum, longer periods in school and better equipped schools.
  • Lyman Beecher Delivered his "Six Sermons on Intemperance"

    Lyman Beecher Delivered his "Six Sermons on Intemperance"

    Presbyterian minister, co-founder of American Temperance society delivers his sermon on the sin of intemperance in the eyes of God, backed by quotes from the bible
  • Tariff of Abominations

    Tariff of Abominations

    Protective tariff passed to protect industry in northern states.
  • Andrew Jackson elected President

    Andrew Jackson elected President

    Jackson wins presidency with a vengeance and problems with the National Bank and the Native Americans.
  • Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers

    Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers

    Seminal essay promoting women as natural teachers and advocating the development of teacher training programs, and of the importance of teachers to society.
  • Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

    Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints

    Created the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day saints and moved the church to Missouri before he died and his successor moved it to Utah.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    By Andrew Jackson, a law authorizing the president to negotiate with Indians for their lands for territory in the west.
  • Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York

    Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York

    led services unemotionally and with logic, speaking of the terrors of hell and drawing even more people than expected.
  • Worcester v. Georgia

    Worcester v. Georgia

    Georgia tried to regulate the dealings of its citizens and the Cherokee nation. The Supreme court ruled that because the Cherokee nation was its on community on its own territory, they can have dealings with Americans.
  • Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Recharter of the Second Band of the United States

    Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Recharter of the Second Band of the United States

    Jackson argued that the bank’s charter was unfair because it gave it considerable, monopolistic-like market power.
  • Nullification Crisis Began

    Nullification Crisis Began

    The Nullification Convention met, declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 to be unconstitutional and could not be forced in South Carolina without leading to its secession.
  • Black Hawk War

    Black Hawk War

    Brief conflict between the US and Native Americans led by saux leader, Black Hawk,
  • Creation of the Whig Party

    Creation of the Whig Party

    Created as opposition to Jacksonian Democrats. The Whigs supported modernization, banking, and protection of the economy to produce more manufacturing.
  • Treaty of New Echota

    Treaty of New Echota

    Ceding of Cherokee land to the U.S. The treaty was negotiated by a Cherokee leader Major Ridge, without approval by Chief John Ross. The Cherokees rejected the treaty even when it was ratified, and were thus forcibly removed from their lands.
  • First McGuffey Reader Published

    First McGuffey Reader Published

    First textbooks in the U.S. that were designed to be more challenging as they went up in volume.
  • Texas Declared Independence from Mexico

    Texas Declared Independence from Mexico

    Texas declaration of independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas revolution.
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo

    13 day siege fought between a handful of American rebels fighting for independence from mexico, which had forces about 4000 strong.
  • Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Martin Van Buren Elected President

    Handpicked by Andrew Jackson to be his successor in the party, and was elected 8th president of the US, policies unpopular and failed to win a 2nd term.
  • Andrew Jackson issued Specie Circular

    Andrew Jackson issued Specie Circular

    It required the payment to the government to be in gold and silver. Presidential executive order issued by Jackson in 1836 pursuant to coinage act.
  • Transcendental Clubs First Meeting

    Transcendental Clubs First Meeting

    A meeting place for those similar in thought and frustration for the state of American culture and society.
  • Panic of 1837

    Panic of 1837

    Financial and economic crisis followed by President Andrew Jackson policies including but not limited to the Specie Circular upon the others
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the “Divinity School Address”

    Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the “Divinity School Address”

    “Divinity School Address” delivered at Divinity College. It caused controversy over his argument for self-reliance and intuitive spirituality; urging people to push away from formal religion.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    Forced uprooting and migration of Native Americans, marched along treacherously from Georgia to Oklahoma.
  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    Webster-Ashburton Treaty

    treaty signed resolving frictions in relations between Anglo-American's along several shared boarders
  • Treaty of Wanghia with China

    Treaty of Wanghia with China

    a treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, between the US and Chinese empire
  • James Polk elected President

    James Polk elected President

    A Democrat elected 11th president of the US after defeating Whig, Henry Clay, in the presidential election
  • US Annexation of Texas

    US Annexation of Texas

    Incorporation of Republic of Texas into the US-admitted as the 28th state after debate over slavery and union entry
  • Bear Flag Revolt

    Bear Flag Revolt

    Small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California of an independent republic.
  • Start of Mexican War

    Start of Mexican War

    Disagreements in Texas erupt into armed conflict between Americans and Mexicans. Aided by American Nationalist ideals and manifest destiny.
  • John Humphrey Noyes founded Oneida community

    John Humphrey Noyes founded Oneida community

    Utopian society of perfectionists, practicing communalism, complex marriage, male sexual continence and mutual criticism.
  • Gold Rush Began in California

    Gold Rush Began in California

    Gold found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, spurring mass movement of people westward to California.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    ended the Mexican war with American victory over Mexico, signing over Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico Utah and Wyoming.
  • Henry David Thoreau published "Civil Disobedience"

    Henry David Thoreau published "Civil Disobedience"

    American Transcendentalist publication urging the obedience of human law or a civil moral compass against government law and legislation.
  • Commodore Matthew Perry entered Tokyo harbor

    Commodore Matthew Perry entered Tokyo harbor

    US navy to Tokyo Bay Harbor seeking to reestablish regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world for the first time in 200 years
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    US agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for portion of Mexico that later became a part of Arizona and New Mexico
  • Kanagawa Treaty

    Kanagawa Treaty

    Japans first treaty with a western nation-opening ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting establishment of US consulate in Japan.